Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,823 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Matthew MacKenzie “Mack” Robinson (1912-2000)
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Auburn Branch Library, Atlanta, Georgia (1921-1959)
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Victor O. Frazer (1943- )
Angie Turner King (Wikipedia)
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Angie Lena Turner King (1905-2004)

Explore Global African History

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Francis Williams (Jamaica) (1700-1770)
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Yityish “Titi” Aynaw (1992- )
Black homelands of South Africa, 1973
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(1973) K.M.N. Guzana, “On Being a South African”
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Jomo Kenyatta (c. 1894-1978)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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The Other Hermitage: The Enslaved at the Andrew Jackson Plantation
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Searching for John Grider, an African American Bear Flag Veteran
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Firefight: The Century-Long Battle to Integrate the New York City Fire Department
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and the Long Struggle for Civil Rights in the United States

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington